Biblioteca de lecciones de escucha B2

Hand in your notice

You have accepted another job, but your contract requires four more weeks of work. What do you give your employer to formally begin the leaving process?

Hands full

You are caring for a sick child while finishing two urgent reports. A colleague asks whether you can lead another project. How can you explain that you are already too busy?

Have a word

A mistake in a report needs discussing, but you do not want to raise it in front of the whole team. How can you ask the writer for a short private conversation?

Head start

You receive the reading list a month before everyone else and finish two books before the course begins. What kind of advantage do you have?

Hit and miss

A bus arrives exactly on time some mornings and twenty minutes late on others. You cannot plan around it with confidence. How can you describe the service?

Holistic meaning: connect the parts

How to Build Credibility: Practical Speech Tips

In one go

A report usually takes you three short sessions, but today you read the entire document without stopping. How can you describe completing it as one continuous action?

In the loop

A project changes while you are away, but your colleague sends every update. Which phrase shows that you remain informed and included?

In the running

Three candidates remain after the final interview, and any one of them could get the job. How can you describe their continuing chance?

In your element

Your quiet friend becomes lively and confident while organising a complex event. Which phrase shows that this activity suits her perfectly?

Inevitable meaning: unavoidable results explained

Insane Meaning: Choose the Right Word

Irony meaning: what makes situations ironic

It goes without saying

Everyone understands that a borrowed camera must be returned safely, but you still want to emphasise it politely. Which expression introduces that obvious expectation?

Jerk Meaning: Movement and Slang

Jump the gun

A company announces a product before the final safety test is complete. Which idiom criticises acting before the right moment?

Keep an eye out

Your parcel could arrive at any moment while you are in another room. What can you ask a friend to do?

Loquacious: Meaning and Daily Usage

Might as well

The bus will not arrive for an hour, and walking takes twenty minutes. How can you casually suggest the most logical choice?

Mixed conditionals

A decision you made years ago still shapes your life today. How can one conditional sentence move between those two times?

Mundane Meaning: Ordinary Daily Tasks

Non-Finite Verbs: Forms and Everyday Uses

Obsolete meaning: no longer in use